, 1887-02-09
%TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Sam Randall's Tactics Wash
ington Notes.
The Great Strike--Th Men Re-
turning to Work.
The Mormon Bishop Released
From Jail.


WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Speaker Car
Isle to-day received a letter signed by
John S. Henderson. George d. Wise and
Sam Randall, of which the following ex-
cerpts convey significance:
DEAR SR:-We regret exceedingly
that you could not see your way clear to
give recognition yesterday to some Demo
ocrat to enable him to move to
suspend the rules for the purpose
of giving the house an OPP
%portunity Of considering the question Of
the total repeal of the internal revenue
tax on tobacco Your refusal to give this
recognition, together with your letter of
the 18th inst, deserves more than passing
notice. IF two-thirds of the house are in
favor of such repeal, it was a grave re-
sponsibility for you to oppose such a
large majority OF representatives Of the
people. Assuming. however, for the
sake of argument that the friends of the
proposition constitute a less number than
two thirds, their strength is certainly
such that they ought to have been permit
ted to test the sense of the house upon
the question, especially since the country
is watching with intense interest the ac-
ton OF the house in respect thereto and
the constituents of a large number of
members of the house have been urging
them to obtain, if possible, the considera-
ton of this subject. We do not wish to
be misunderstood. We earnestly desire
from q party standpoint that recognition
should have been given to a Democrat to
make a motion, but we would vote cheer
fully for the proposition whether made by
a Democrat or a Republican. We be-
lieye that the friends Of the repeal Of the
tobacco tax were SO strong in the house
that We would save to the oppressed tax
payers Of this country an annual reduc-
ton OF taxation to the extent of s2S,-
900, 600, if motion for repeal could be
made in the house on Monday OF
this week, the latest day when
such a motion, to be effective
under the rules would be in order during
the forty-ninth congress. A motion, if
made during the last six days of the SEES
sion, would almost certainly be too late to
secure favorable consideration for the
question in the senate. We think that a
revision of tariff and of internal revenue
laws can be attained from time to time by
reforming the obvious and greater g-iev-
ances Of the two systems. and that we
should not refuse to make such reforms
because sweeping changes have not been
practicable. If the house was considered
competent to deal with the silver question,
with the pension question and with the
oleomargarine question, free from the die
tation of a Democratic caucus, we think
it ought to be competent to deal with the
question OF reduction of taxation. A
caucus ought not now to be invoked to
justify a policy of delay and non. action on
this subject. We sincerely hope with you
that some plan may yet be devised which
will enable the house to consider the
whole subject of revenue reduction and
revision in a spirit of fairness to all inter
ests, and in accordance with the letter and
spirit of the platform of the national
Democratic party, adopted at the conven-
ton held at Chicago in the year 1884, and
We assure you that We are ready to meet
any of our Democratic associates who are
prepared to treat with us on such a
basis